30 Januar 2007

Nachhaltigkeit im US-Business

Die aktuelle "Business Week" nimmt sich in einer Titelstory des Thema Nachhaltigkeit in US-Unternehmen an.

"A remarkable number of CEOs have begun to commit themselves to ... sustainability goals ..., even in profit- obsessed America. For years, the term "sustainability" has carried a lot of baggage. Put simply, it's about meeting humanity's needs without harming future generations. It was a favorite cause among economic development experts, human rights activists, and conservationists. But to many U.S. business leaders, sustainability just meant higher costs and smacked of earnest U.N. corporate- responsibility conferences and the utopian idealism of Western Europe. Now, sustainability is "right at the top of the agendas" of more U.S. CEOs, especially young ones, says McKinsey Global Institute Chairman Lenny Mendonca."


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